They initially refuse. Later, fearing all is lost, the sailors toss Jonah overboard into wild seas (Jonah 1:15). Then, the ocean miraculously becomes calm. God rescues Jonah from drowning by providing a “huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights” (Jonah 1:17).
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1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”.
[2] Arise, go to Nineveh, that great city, and cry against it; for their wickedness is come up before me. [3] But Jonah rose up to flee unto Tarshish from the ...
May 3, 2021 · In Jonah 2:5,6, it says, “The waters compassed me about, even to the soul: the depth closed me round about, the weeds wrapped around my head. I ...
1 The word of the Lord came to Jonah son of Amittai: 2 “Go to the great city of Nineveh and preach against it, because its wickedness has come up before me.”.
God sent a big fish, some call it a whale, to swallow Jonah and to save him from drowning. While in the belly of the big fish (whale), Jonah prayed to God for ...
for as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale's belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. KJV: King ...
Then Jonah prayed to the Lord his God from the belly of the fish, saying, “I called out to the Lord, out of my distress, and he answered me; out of the belly of ...
Jun 4, 2021 · Jonah's story is recorded in 2 Kings 14:25, the book of Jonah, Matthew 12:39-41, 16:4, and Luke 11:29-32. Jonah and the Whale Story Summary. God ...